Imagine a treasure chest full of gold and jewels and it’s all locked away from you with a combination lock. You need to find the winning combination of numbers, actions you need to perform, in order to get the treasure inside. That’s one approximation of what earning success is like.

Life is full of treasure chests, also known as opportunities for success. You need to choose the right chest and then get to work at cracking the code to earn the treasures inside. For earning success in life, these 10 things are just a few of the things you will need to achieve the things you desire.

One of the most important parts of getting things done is simply starting and, unfortunately that’s where many of us fail. While we want to finish that important thing, there’s a hundred others that distract us instead. You probably know what that feels like. There’s a project you need to finish next week and you can complete it today if you want to. It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday, you start your computer to get to work… and suddenly you accidentally spent the entire day browsing the internet or scrolling through Facebook.

You did the same things and procrastinated the entire week until finally the deadline is tomorrow. You now need to rush the project and with that quality of work it’ll be difficult to get a good grade. I know that’s what I was like when I was a student, and I know I shouldn’t be like that for the rest of my life. You probably think so too if you have the procrastination habit.

So how do you stop yourself from wasting time? Here are a few short tips from Napoleon Hill that can help you overcome procrastination. This isn’t just for getting school work or office projects done. You can also use this for your lifelong goals and aspirations.